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Epaminondas THOMOPOULOS
Greek, 1878-1974

Venice
oil on hardboard

signed lower right
29.2 x 29.2 cm


PROVENANCE

private collection, Athens


sold for 2,592.70 €

Epaminondas Thomopoulos was born in Patras in 1878.

 

Between 1896 and 1899 he studied in Naples at the Accademia di Belle Arti in the workshops of D. Morelli and F. Palizzi where he was awarded repeatedly. He continued his studies in Rome at the Accademia di Belle Arti for a fourteen-month period under F. Jacovacci and A. Mancini. Between 1901 and 1903 he settled down in Venice where he furthered his studies at the Accademia di Belle Arti in painting at the workshop of L. Nono and fresco with Piaziate.

 

In 1915, Thomopoulos was elected a professor at the School of Fine Art, Athens, a position he held until his retirement in 1948.

 

In 1927 he was awarded the prestigious Academy of Athens award; in 1945 was elected a member and in 1962 was elected president of the same institution.

 

Thomopoulos' work moves between academicism and early Greek impressionism. The majority of his paintings are inspired by nature such as the work presented here. Another important work by Thomopoulos are the frescoes of The Cathedral of the Annunciation in Patras.

 

He presented his work at the 1934 and 1939 Venice Biennale, the 1938, 1939, 1940, 1948, 1952, 1957, 1960, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1975 Panhellenic Exhibition. Additionally, he presented his work in Cairo, Alexandria, Rome, Florence, Antwerp and New York.

 

His work can be seen in the collections of The National Gallery of Greece, The Municipal Gallery of Athens, The Municipality of Patras, The Averoff Gallery, The Leventis Gallery, The Katsigras Collection, the Koutlides Collection and in a large number of public and private collections in Greece and abroad.